What flavor do you like? and why?
What desktop environment (if any)?
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I like gentoo becuase I install what I need. Fast and the best doccumentation. Also emerging a system easier than everything manual so best of both worlds - control with ease.
I quite like FluxBox and gnome.
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i've recently installed red hat linux 9... and so far i'm liking it.
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Flavour doesn't matter to me, but FC 3 or Mandrake would be my preference if I am installing for myself. Never tried Debian.
Desktop:
If I am using Linux I prefer blackbox, otherwise KDE is fine with me.
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I was a SuSe user for several years but since last year I am loving Gentoo because it’s much like BSDs and plus it allows to deal more directly between software and hardware at a level. And the Portage is wonderful, making lives easier.
Gnome is nice but I’m addicted to KDE =)
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Recently I was testing out various Linux distros but wasn't very successful. I started off with FC4 and half way through the installation I was told that the second CD is corrupt. I burned it again, assuming that maybe there was a problem with the burn process but the actual problem was with the image it self - it was corrupt. Khair, I dumped FC4 and moved on with Debian. Initially the installation of Debian was very smooth and I really liked the apt-get utility. BUT, for some reason it wouldn't load the X server, gave some error [don't exactly remember what]. 'Mittie Pao' is what I said and moved on with the installation of SuSE 9.2 Professional [Novell]. The installation was sweet and everything went smoothly. I really like the YaST update utility, its very much like apt-get, though I did have a problem with YaST to accept the update mirrors that I entered manually. I cracked my head on it for quite sometime but Alhamdulillah in the end I managed to get through [and reaslied where I was going wrong]. One thing I still can't manage to accomplish is 'How do I update KDE'? I tried doing it through YaST but even then it says KDE 3.3 at start up ??? And because I've got an older version of KDE [3.3], I can't update Kopete because it requires KDE 3.4 and above. But so far, SuSE has been a good experience. I've downloaded the latest version of SuSE and soon I'll install that.
You know, I tried Linux around a couple of years ago when FC2 was out and then there were all sorts of driver problems da da da but now its improved I must say. I mean, some major companies are also developing software for Linux now, like Skype. Boy was I happy to know that Skype is available for Linux. So far, so good! :biggthumb
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yep been a big improvement in linux since 1999 when I first got a copy. Corel Linux I think it was, big upgrade as it supported USB I think. Since then a lot of good distros like Mandrake have become bloated with as many utilites as possible with it which is fine for noobs but I hate it. Thats the good thing with Linux plenty of other distros and Gentoo fits my needs perfect. It all comes down to user needs which is where it has a massive advantage of MS. Only drawback for me is photoshop and Macromedia software not ported over to Linux although Macromedia have Dreamweaver compliant with crossover office so can be made to work in Linux.